Distinguished alumni in history
- First Female Solicitor
- Rhodes Scholars 1904-2006
- Fulbright Scholars 1955-2007
- Governer General of Australia
- Prime Minister of Australia
- University Medallists - Faculty of Law
- High Court Judges
- Premiers of NSW
First Female Solicitor - Marie Beuzeville Byles (LLB 1924)
Marie Beuzeville Byles (1900-1979) was born in Cheshire, England and died at her home Ahimsa in Cheltenham, Australia. After graduating from Sydney University in 1924 she became the first woman to practice law as a solicitor and by 1929 had her own legal practice. Marie considered herself to be foremost a pioneer in law but throughout her life she also became known as a committed conservationist, mountaineer, explorer and avid bushwalker, feminist, author and an original member of the Buddhist Society in NSW. Her property Ahimsa was bequeathed to the National Trust in 1970.
Rhodes Scholars 1904 - 2006
Note: Scholars with an asterisk (*) in the year column were elected as Rhodes Scholars for Australia at Large
[There is one Scholarship for each state and three for Australia at Large]
|
1927 |
Vincent John Flynn |
LLB |
|
1962 |
David Hargraves Hodgson |
BA LLB |
|
1970 |
Geoffrey Ronald Robertson |
BA LLB |
|
1978 |
Malcolm Bligh Turnbull |
BA LLB |
|
1981 |
Anthony John Abbott |
BEc LLB |
|
1987 |
Gordon Edward Christopher Fell |
BSc LLB |
|
1988 |
Jenifer Gae Klugman |
BEc LLB |
|
1990 |
Andrew Scott Bell |
BA LLB |
|
1991* |
Angus James Taylor |
BEc LLB |
|
1992 |
Scott Michael Nixon |
BA LLB |
|
1995* |
Peter Raymond Barnett |
BA LLB |
|
1996 |
Evan Denis Fountain |
BEc LLB |
|
2000* |
Michael Anthony Izzo |
BA LLB |
|
2002 |
Gregory O'Mahoney |
BA LLB |
|
2004* |
Alexander Cameron |
BA LLB |
|
2005 |
Jonathan Bonnitcha |
BEc LLB |
|
2006 |
Kate Brennan |
BA LLB |
|
2006* |
Angela Cummine |
BA LLB |
|
2006* |
Eric Knight |
BA LLB |
|
2007 |
Joanna Mascarenhas |
BEcSocSci LLB |
Fulbright Scholars 1955 - 2007
| 1955 | Professor | Julius | Stone | Senior Scholar | International Law |
| 1957 | Professor | William | Morison | Senior Scholar | |
| 1959 | Mr. | Ezekiel | Solomon | Postgraduate - General | |
| 1960 | Professor | P H | Lane | Postgraduate - General | |
| 1961 | Professor | Deryck | Thompson | Senior Scholar | |
| 1962 | Professor | Ross | Parsons | Senior Scholar | |
| 1965 | Professor | David | Benjafield | Senior Scholar | |
| 1972 | Professor | David | Harland | Senior Scholar | |
| 1974 | Mr. | Thomas | Linden | Postgraduate - General | |
| 1982 | Dr. | Patrick | O'Keefe | Senior Scholar | |
| 1982 | Dr. | Lyndel | Prott | Senior Scholar | |
| 1990 | Ms. | Krysanne | Katsoolis | Postgraduate - General | International Law |
| 1993 | Dr. | Bronwen | Morgan | Postgraduate - General | Public Law/Jurisprudence |
| 2000 | Ms. | Arlie | Loughnan | Postgraduate - General | |
| 2003 | Mr. | Joseph | Tesvic | Postgraduate - Sponsored | Commercial Law |
| 2007 | Dr. | James | Renwick | Professional | International Law |
Governor-General of Australia
| The Rt Hon. Sir John Robert Kerr, AK, GCMG, GCVO, QC. | 11.7.1974 - 8.12.1977 |
| The Hon. Sir William Patrick Deane, AC, KBE. | 16.2.1996 - 29.6.2001 |
Prime Minister of Australia
Sir Edmund Barton, PC, GCMG, KC
(Protectionist Party)
1 January 1901 - 24 September 1903
(2 years, 8 months, 24 days)
University of Sydney 1865-1868
Fellow of University of Sydney Senate 1882-89, 1892-1920
Barrister & Judge
William McMahon (later Sir William), PC, CH
(Liberal Party of Australia)
10 March 1971 - 5 December 1972
(1 year, 8 months, 25 days)
University of Sydney - LLB 1933; BEc 1949
Solicitor
Edward Gough Whitlam, QC
(Australian Labor Party)
5 December 1972 - 11 November 1975
(2 years, 11 months, 7 days)
University of Sydney 1946
Barrister
John Winston Howard
(Liberal Party of Australia)
11 March 1996 - 15 December 2007
University of Sydney 1957-61
Solicitor
University Medallists - Faculty of Law
| G E | Flannery | 1894 | |
| T R | Bavin | 1896 | |
| J B | Peden | 1898 | |
| E M | Mitchell | 1900 | |
| R C | Teece | 1903 | |
| N de H | Rowland | 1906 | |
| E T | Real | 1907 | |
| S E | Townshend | 1909 | |
| C A | Weston | 1912 | |
| H H | Mason | 1913 | |
| C S | Slade | 1915 | |
| H W | Petrie | 1916 | |
| N P | McTague | 1917 | |
| H V | Evatt | 1918 | |
| A P | Berne | 1921 | |
| P C | Spender | 1922 | |
| P W | King | 1923 | |
| M W D | McIntyre | 1924 | |
| L J | Pilkington | } | 1925 |
| B | Sugermen | } aeq | 1925 |
| G F | Amsberg | } | 1926 |
| G E J | Barwick | } aeq | 1926 |
| W | Lieberman | 1927 | |
| H R | Woodward | 1928 | |
| G L | Wright | 1929 | |
| M F | Hardie | } | 1930 |
| W S | Sheldon | } aeq | 1930 |
| K W C | Ellis | 1931 | |
| A K | Stevens | 1932 | |
| E J | Hook | 1933 | |
| C A | Walsh | 1934 | |
| A J F | Eastman | 1935 | |
| J R | Kerr | 1936 | |
| J I | Massie | 1937 | |
| C F | Weston | 1938 | |
| F C | Hutley | } | 1939 |
| J | O'Brien | } aeq | 1939 |
| W G | Shearer | } | 1940 |
| H H | Glass | } aeq | 1940 |
| A F | Rath | 1941 | |
| R J | McKay | 1942 | |
| R W | Parsons | 1943 | |
| D G | Benjafield | 1944 | |
| J M | Esler | 1945 | |
| L J | Downer | } | 1946 |
| K S | Jacobs | } aeq | 1946 |
| D L | Mahoney | 1947 | |
| A C | Saunders | 1948 | |
| R D | Conacher | } | 1949 |
| R V | Watson | } aeq | 1949 |
| G F | Murray | 1950 | |
| W G | Hodgekiss | } | 1951 |
| M A | Jackson | } aeq. | 1951 |
| D T | Panckhurst | 1953 | |
| J K | Chippindall | } | 1954 |
| W P | Deane | } shared | 1954 |
| Elizabeth A | Evatt | 1955 | |
| T | Simos | 1956 | |
| R P | Meagher | 1958 | |
| A | Hiller | 1959 | |
| Geoffrey D | MacCormack | 1960 | |
| J | Badgery-Parker | 1961 | |
| Donald Graham | Hill | 1962 | |
| David J | Harland | 1963 | |
| James R T | Wood | 1964 | |
| Michael R | Chesterman | 1965 | |
| Mary G | Gaudron | 1966 | |
| Stephen | Denning | } | 1967 |
| A.W. | Shephard | } shared | 1967 |
| J R F | Lehane | 1969 | |
| K | Wee | 1970 | |
| James J | Spigelman AC QC | 1971 | |
| Richard A | Gelski | 1972 | |
| Christopher B | Penman | } | 1973 |
| Philip J | Ward | } shared | 1973 |
| M.A. | Somerville | 1974 | |
| Susan Sophie | Charny | 1976 | |
| Richard Weeks | White | 1977 | |
| Margaret N | Allars | 1978 | |
| Jane A | Gray | 1979 | |
| James L B | Allsop | 1979 | |
| Margaret | Cole | 1980 | |
| Julie | Ward | 1981 | |
| Mark | Speakman | 1982 | |
| Justin | Gleeson | 1983 | |
| Elizabeth | Grinston | 1984 | |
| Roy | Williams | 1985 | |
| Tod | McGrouther | } | 1986 |
| Elizabeth | Dibbs | } shared | 1986 |
| Margaret | Ryan | 1987 | |
| Joanna | Bird | 1988 | |
| Andrew | Bell | 1989 | |
| Craig | Carracher | 1990 | |
| Simon | Evans | 1991 | |
| Jaclyn | Moriarty | 1992 | |
| Elisabeth | Peden | } | 1993 |
| Evan | Foundation | } shared | 1993 |
| David | Murphy | } | 1993 |
| Joellen | Riley | 1994 | |
| Sarah | Goldfinch | } | 1995 |
| Christopher | Alexandrou | } shared | 1995 |
| Benjamin | Kremer | 1996 | |
| Michael | Davis | 1997 | |
| T S | Riemer | 1998 | |
| Natalie | Krestovsky | } | 1999 |
| Stuart | Lawrance | } shared | 1999 |
| Andrew | Lang | 2000 | |
| Eloise | Scotford | } | 2001 |
| Yane | Svetiev | } shared | 2001 |
| David | Thomas | } | 2001 |
| Jonathan | Pickering | } | 2002 |
| Erin | Walsh | } shared | 2002 |
| William | Edwards | } | 2003 |
| Robert | Yezerski | } shared | 2003 |
| Carolyn | Spruce | } | 2004 |
| Nicola | Campion | } shared | 2004 |
| Selina | Wrighter | 2005 | |
| Oliver | Jones | } shared | 2006 |
| Sascha | Morrell | } | 2006 |
High Court Judges
| Sir Samuel Griffith CJ | MA[1870] CJ | 1903-19 |
| Sir Edmund Barton J | MA [1870] | J 1903-20 |
| Richard E O'Connor J | MA [1873] | J 1903-12 |
| Albert B Piddington J | BA[1883] | J 6.3.13-5.4.13 |
| Sir George Rich J | BA [1883], LL.D [1850] | J 1913-50 |
| Herbert V Evatt J | LL.B [1918] D.Sc [1952] J | 1930-40 |
| Sir Edward McTiernan J | BA [1912], LL.B [1915] | J 1930-76 |
| Sir Dudley Williams J | BA [1912], LL.B [1915] | J 1940-58 |
| Sir Frank Kitto J | LL.B [1927], LL.D [1982] | J 1950-70 |
| Sir Alan Taylor J | LL.B [1926] | J 1952-69 |
| Sir Garfield Barwick CJ | LL.B [1926], LL.D [1972] | CJ 1964-81 |
| Sir Cyril Walsh J | BA [1930], LL.B [1934] | J 1969-73 |
| Sir Anthony Mason J & CJ | LL.B [1949], LL.D [1988] |
J 1972-87 |
| Sir Kenneth Jacobs J | BA [1938], LL.B [1947] | J 1974-79 |
| Lionel Keith Murphy J | B.Sc [1945], LL.B [1949] | J 1975-86 |
| Sir William Deane J | LL.B [1954], LL.D [1990] | J 1982-95 |
| Mary G Gaudron J | LL.B [1966], LL.D [1999] | J 1987-2003 |
| William M C Gummow J | LL.B [1965], LL.M [1970] | J 1995-current |
| Michael D Kirby J | LL.B [1962], LL.M [1967] | J 1996-current |
| Anthony M Gleeson CJ | LL.B [1962], LL.D [1999] |
CJ 1998-current |
| Susan MCrennan | LL.B [1979] |
J 2005 - current |
Premiers of NSW
Sir Thomas Rainsford Bavin BA (Hons) 1894, LLB (Hons) 1897
Premier from 1927 to 1930
The Hon. Neville K. Wran AC, QC, (LLB 1948)
- the longest serving NSW Premier from 1976 to 1986.
